Surah al-Fajr

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ (0)

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

﴿الفجر، 0﴾

وَ الْفَجْرِ (1)

By the break of Day

﴿الفجر، 1﴾

وَ لَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ (2)

By the Nights twice five;

﴿الفجر، 2﴾

وَ الشَّفْعِ وَ الْوَتْرِ (3)

By the even and odd (contrasted);

﴿الفجر، 3﴾

وَ اللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ (4)

And by the Night when it passeth away;-

﴿الفجر، 4﴾

هَلْ فِي ذٰلِکَ قَسَمٌ لِذِي حِجْرٍ (5)

Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?

﴿الفجر، 5﴾

أَ لَمْ تَرَ کَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّکَ بِعَادٍ (6)

Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the `Ad (people),-

﴿الفجر، 6﴾

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ (7)

Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,

﴿الفجر، 7﴾

الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلاَدِ (8)

The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?

﴿الفجر، 8﴾

وَ ثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ (9)

And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-

﴿الفجر، 9﴾

وَ فِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ (10)

And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

﴿الفجر، 10﴾

الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلاَدِ (11)

(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,

﴿الفجر، 11﴾

فَأَکْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ (12)

And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).

﴿الفجر، 12﴾

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّکَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ (13)

Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:

﴿الفجر، 13﴾

إِنَّ رَبَّکَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ (14)

For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.

﴿الفجر، 14﴾

فَأَمَّا الْإِنْسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلاَهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَکْرَمَهُ وَ نَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَکْرَمَنِ (15)

Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."

﴿الفجر، 15﴾

وَ أَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلاَهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ (16)

But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"

﴿الفجر، 16﴾

کَلاَّ بَلْ لاَ تُکْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ (17)

Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!

﴿الفجر، 17﴾

وَ لاَ تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَى طَعَامِ الْمِسْکِينِ (18)

Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-

﴿الفجر، 18﴾

وَ تَأْکُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَکْلاً لَمّاً (19)

And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,

﴿الفجر، 19﴾

وَ تُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبّاً جَمّاً (20)

And ye love wealth with inordinate love!

﴿الفجر، 20﴾

کَلاَّ إِذَا دُکَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَکّاً دَکّاً (21)

Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

﴿الفجر، 21﴾

وَ جَاءَ رَبُّکَ وَ الْمَلَکُ صَفّاً صَفّاً (22)

And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,

﴿الفجر، 22﴾

وَ جِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَکَّرُ الْإِنْسَانُ وَ أَنَّى لَهُ الذِّکْرَى (23)

And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?

﴿الفجر، 23﴾

يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي (24)

He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"

﴿الفجر، 24﴾

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لاَ يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ (25)

For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,

﴿الفجر، 25﴾

وَ لاَ يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ (26)

And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.

﴿الفجر، 26﴾

يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ (27)

(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!

﴿الفجر، 27﴾

ارْجِعِي إِلَى رَبِّکِ رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةً (28)

"Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!

﴿الفجر، 28﴾

فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي (29)

"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!

﴿الفجر، 29﴾

وَ ادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي (30)

"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!

﴿الفجر، 30﴾